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Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
A Brilliant Light in Alaska,

The aurora On the Yukon river ia Alaska, during the winter months, IS said to be very brilliant and remarkably beautiful. It commences in the early fall, and lasts, with moro or less bril- liancy, throughout the long Arctic win ter. It generally commences at the set ting of the sun, though in midwinter it has at times been so bright that it was visible at oon while the sun was shin tug brightly. The rays of light first shoot forth with a puck, quivering mo- tion, are then gathered and form a great arch of fire spanning the heavens. It glows for an instant like girdle of furnished gold; then unfolding, great curtains of light drop forth. These royal mantles, or bright orange, green, pink, rose, yellow and crimson, are sus- pended and waved between heaven and earth, as with an invisible hand, and form a spectacle of extraordinary DOwer
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
First Run on a Bank,

The extravagant luxury of tho court of Charles the Second, combined with its utter want of principle and inca pacity to carry on the memorable con- test with Holland, purduced the first run upon bankers that ever was made. The cxtravagance of the court had dissipated all the means which parliament had sup piled for the purpose of carrying on offensive hostilities. It was finally de- termincd to wage only defensive war; but even for that the vast resources of England were found insufficient. The Dutch iusulted the British court, sailed up the Thames, took Sheerness aud car ried their ravages to Chatham. The blaze of the burning ships was seen in London; it was rumored that foreign army had landed at Gravesend, and military men seriously proposed to aban- don the Tower.
 The people, accustomed to the secure reign of Cromwell, were in consterna- tion. Tho moneyed portion of the community were seized with panic. The country was in danger, London it. self might be invaded. What security was there then for the money ad- vanccd to the Crown9 The people fiocked to their debtors and demanded their deposits. London now witnessed the first run upon the bankers.
 The fears of the people, however, proved grouudless, for the goldsmiths, as the bankers were then called, met all demands that were made upon them. Confidence was restored by royal proc lamation that the demands on the ex- chequer should be made as usual, and tho run collapsed. -[Frce Press.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
HUMOROUS.

The barbers' apprentice is generally a strapping fellow.
 'sThe seasons over," said Fogg, as he capsized the pepper-box.
 ''This is burning shame" said the man who was smoking bad cigar.
 We are all fortune-tellers. That is, we can tell fortune when we see it.
 Women are the best detectors of coun- terfcits when the commercials arc not men.
 Love may laugh at locksmiths, but it knows better than to fool with the dog.
 The only man who seems to thrive on procrastination is the one that owes his tailor.
 The price of rubber goods remains cry firm. One would think that it would be elastic. A law prohibiting the incorporate hoarding of wealth might prevent mon- ey from becoming tight.
 It is no use for piano to be square or upright. Mir. Talmage is authority for saying that there will be none of them in heaven.
 Statistics show that girls who work in match factory do not get married any quicker than those who work at other places
 -'Waiter, bring me a fried beefsteak." Waitcr-"Wid pleasure, sah." Guest-"No, not with pleasure, with onions." The most dull and sickening thud is that produced by the dropping of an old-fashioned copper cent into church contribution box.
 After an argument between them, the man is generally silenced, but not con- vinced; the woman is often convinced, but rarely silenced.
 The man who moves down life's path and finds it strewn with sweet surprises is he who knows just how it's done, who keeps store and advertises.
 The boy who quails at the sight of mustard plaster is the same lad that goes fearlessly forth to tackle bees nest with handful of willow switches.
 It is all we'll enough to say that thirteen is an unlucky number. But this country started in business with thirteen States, and seemed to be holding her own up to going to press.
 If people should stop suddenly some evening telling what they think about other people and tell what they know about themselves, what a stir-up there would be in modern society.
 In his valedictory the retiring editor and proprietor of a Nevada journal says: "Thanking an ever-indulgent pub lie for not having mobbed me long since, am sincerely theirs to serve," etc.
 Young Mr. Sissy to his pretty cousin) 1T say, Maude, how did my song Home Again, from Foreign Shore,' seem to impress the companya" Little Cousin-"Well, some of them, Charley, looked as if they were sorry that you had got back"
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
COnyerSing With Flowers.

The young people in Tahiti have & custom of conversing with flowers, not unlike the Orientals If coolness has sprung up between young pair, the fe- male will separate flower partially down the centre. One half of the split flower Is intended to represent tho man, and the other half the woman, and it is meant typlcally to imply that, though separate bodies, they arc joined together at the heart. If the lover puts the flow CT in his hair, it is sign that he wishes to preserve her favor, bnt, if he tears it asunder, it is token that he has lost his regard for her and wishes to be en- tirely separated. ;,
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
Legend of the "White Woman"

The latest measurement makes Popo- catepetl little moro than 19, 900 feet in height, one of the mightiest in that "burning girdle" which surrounds the Pacific. Its twin, Iztaccihuatl, is 5000 feet lower, long, uneven ridge, instead of a cone but being that much nearer the limits of vision, the greater of the two from the valley. Facing eastward, Iztaccihuatl-la Mujer Blanca, or the "Whitc Woman," is really suggestive by its shape, of a dead giantess, robed for burial. Far and near this long ex- tinct volcano is known as the "White Woman," and from the City of Mexico, as from the plains of Ameca- Mcca, the resemblance is the same, to a dead woman stretched out on her bier, cov- cred with white sheet. The contour of face, breast, and limbs is perfect, and the hair is streaming in long, silvery locks back from the snowy forehead and down the sides of the bier. The feet are turned toward her companion giant, and between the two lies brown and treeless ridge.
 There is tradition among the Indi- ans that these two volcanoes were once, in the early years of the world, living human beings, both of gigantic stature. Unfortunately for the colossal pair, they committed some misdemeanor which SO offended the Supreme Deity that He changed them into mountains. He struck the giantess dead, and there she lies to this day, robed in glistening white, stretched beneath a winding sheet of snow. The giant was merely rooted fast to tho spot, condemned through all the slow centuries to con- template his loved companion. For merly he was wont to express his grief and indignation by pouring forth vol times of smoke and shedding floods of fiery lava tears, shaking the whole earth in the agony of his tremblings. Then the affrighted natives worshiped him as Tlaloe, the God of Storms, and called him Popocatepetl C'Hill That smokes.') But all this was long ago; and for hundreds of years the giant has remained impassive, apparently re- signed to his doom. "--[ Mexican Letter.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23

can appreciate the power of the press. The people of Tucson, Arizona, buy 5000 copies of their local paper every month for the purpose of sending it abroad, and in addition pay it $aoo a month for special "write-ups." The town of Lamar, Col, recently paid the local paper s1, 800 for "write-up," and the citizens of Fort Scott, Kansas, have just spent g, 900 in advertising the town. Hutchinson, Kansas, claims to give its local paper bonus of $1O, 900 a year for remaining alive and kicking, while Newton, Kansas, pays its paper $15, 900 year. There is nothing at all improper in this, as the money is paid for legitimate advertising. On the con- trary, it is very creditable to the citi- zens of these towns that they thus en-
 courage their local papers and at the same time benefit themselves.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23

In a leading editorial the London Times remarks: "When an American devotes himself to a task of practical skill he is apt to be hard to beat in it. Americans have not so many outdoor pursuits as we have, but such as they have they take very seriously. They have given us the best fshing-rods and their skill in casting the fly would put our best anglers on their mettle. They can shoot and they can ride in their own way as we'll as the best of us, as the Wild Vest has shown. We eau hold our own in rowing, but they beat 'us in sailing. They are beginning to compete with us in horse racing, and in trotting matches they have no rivals. They are nowhere besides us in cricket, but their skill in base ball, game which has science of its own, is marvellous"
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23

If as many cigarettes are made by smokers themselves as by manufacturers ---as is probably the case---some 2, 4O0,- . GOO, 900 of these stwicked little articles" are now consumed yearly in America. That means about 100 for every male in- habitant, or sixty eight for every man, woman and child in the United States. New York state, Virginia and North Carolina have monopoly of the manu- facture- Some 50, 900, 900 cigarettes not included in the above figures have also been imported from Europe.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
An Army of Women Workers.

Three million women in the United States work for money. Of these 60O,- 900 are agricultural laborers, mainly in the cotton fields of the south; GAO, 900 are employed in manufactories, while 530, 900 in the laundries of the country insist that the ''Chinese must go;" ESQ., 900 are milliners and 100000 find en- ployment as dressmakers; 60, 900 earn their bread in the tailor shops and 69o,- 900 are saleswomen, teachers, telegraph operators, typewriters, bookkeepers, typesetters and nurses. There are 2500 female physicians.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

They are never alone that are accom- panied with noble thoughts.
 Culture is the co-efficient of capacity, multiplying it many times over.
 Ideas become moral forces in society only when incarnated in living souls.
 Time Is never more misspent than when we declaim against the want of it.
 Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty.
 Errors such as are but acorns in our younger brows grow oaks in our older heads, and become infexible.
 Intelligence in the ministry should keep pace with the increase of popular intelligence, and, indeed, in advan ce of it.
 In reading and thinking age, high est discipline of mind and heart, amplest resources of knowledge are called for.
 Nothing so soon reconciles us to the thought of our own death as the pros pect of one friend after another drop ping around us.
 All the means of action-the shape less masses and materials-lie every where about us; what we need is the celestial fire to change the flint in transparent crystal, bright and clear.
 That which lays man open to an enemy, and that which strips him of { friend, equally attacks him in all those interests that are capable of being weakened by the one and supported by the other.
 Many examples may be put of tht force of custom both upon mind ano body; therefore, since custom is thu principle magistrate of mans life, le men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
Influencing a Judge.

The poet Mines had mind of pene- trating sagacity and brilliant munitions. He was one day told, by a friend, of the grief of poor laundress, whose little boy had wandered off to common near London, and there with another lad, mounted an old horse grazing there, and taken ride, only to be arrested for horse-stealing. The laundress had en- gagged counsel for her son, but was in great doubt as to the issue of the case. When the matter was suggested to Milnes, his fertile mind was at once ready with an cxpedient.
 "How old arc the boys?" he asked, and was told that they were about eleven.
 "Then," said he, 'ttell tho laundress to take care that they both appear at the trial in nice clean pinafores.
 The effect was almost magical. Tho two little boys, in their nice pinaforcs, appeared in the dock, and smilingly gazed around the court.
 ''What is the meaning of this7" asked the judge, who had read tho deposition, and now came under the spell of the pinafores.
 "A case of horse stealing, my lord"
 "Stuff and nonsense!" said his honor, with indignation. ''Horse-stealing, indeed! The boys stole ride!"
 Then the pinafores had almost an ovation in court, and all who had to do with the prosecution were obliged to suffer from the Judges indignant comment
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
Locomotive Hay Fever,

.'Don't suppose you people will be- lieve it," says an engineer, ''but loco motive is human in many respects. You can clean an engine up, have her as bright as a neH dollar, and yet she won't make steam, especially if there has been 8 change in the weather at the time. Locomotives take hay fever just as quick as men do, and clog up and can't breathe, as ii they had the catarrh. And there is another singular thing about them. Take the locomotives turned out at the same shop and made as nearly alike as possible, and If one is flyer the other will bea duffer. can't tell why it is, nor have l seen any mechanic who could. Why, they tell me that there have been a half-dozen boats built for the Hudson after the plan of the Mary Powell, and not one of them was fast. Queer, isn't if7
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23

The San Francisco Examiner says that the steamship City of Sydney, which recently arrived in that port, brought $60, 900 worth ot Chinese girls to replen- ish the slave quarters of that city. Though such importation is against the Chinese restriction act, against the con- tract labor act, and against still older law, their owners find no serious diff culty in landing these costly chattels. A few dollars for witnesses, something more for lawyer, and s17.50 apiece for court fees will settle the matter.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
Value of Snowy Uniforms,

Lord Wolseley is very decided on the value of dress uniforms. "The soldier is peculiar animal" he says, "who can alone be brought to the hig hest efficien- cy by inducing him to believe that he belongs to regiment infinitely superior to others about him. In their desire to foster this spirit colonels are greatly aided by being able to point to some pc culiarity in dress" Again he says: ''The better you dress soldier the more Aighly he will be thought of by women - loqolqln Fl lqllf ]"
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23

In Germany the average duration of the life or gardeners, mariners and fish ermen is fifty-elght years; butchers, fif- ty-four years; carpenters and bricklay- CTS; forty mine years; shoemakers and tailors, forty-four years; compositors and Photographers, forty-one years; and laborers thirty-two years. Of the pro- fessions the average lifetime of clergy men is sixty-seven years; teachers, fifty seven years; lawyers, ffty-four years; and physicians forty nine years.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
Not on an Empty Stomach.

Anxious Arkansaw mother.-tTom- my, is that green persimmon you air eatin?"
 "Yes, maw."
 "Don't you know it ain't healthy to eat green persimmons on an empty stomach2"
 ''I ain't eatin' this green persimmon on an empty stomach. ate peck of 'cm before I tackled this onc."-[ -[Texas Siftings.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
Six Months After Marriage,

Shc-Why do you look so unhappy, George2 Don't you know we are one, now2
 He-Yes, pve heard that before, but when it comes to paying the weekly board bill the landlord don't seem to thlpk so.--[Siftings.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
A Characteristic of Fish.

"Fish make very poor correspond ents," observed Squilding.
 "Wherefore2' asked McSwilligan. ''They are never anxious for any one to drop them line."
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
Connecticut Western News.
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Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
Thanksgiving.

1uNuASSlViuS. No sound of pestilential tread; No common cause of fear; No wars; no voice of panic dread, Make dark the f1eeting year. Oh, passing year! Oh, golden year! May that we soon shall greet, As rich in gifts at last appear, As perfect and complete.
Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
The BrOoklet.

Thou little brook, so clear and bright, That hurriest on through day and night; watch and think with vain endeavor, Where com'st thou from! Where flows thou everl
 IT. 'I come from out the rocks deep side, Der flowers and messy banks glide, And in my mirror one can view Reflections of the sky's deep blue.
 III. "As thoughtless as little child, I know not where flow so wild; But He who brought me to the light Will guide, know, my course aright."
 From the German of Goethe.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
10 ES SPR NG.

Hon. NJ. S. Grantham is very ill,
little hope being entertained for his
recovery.
Mr.. Hose and Miss Debby Hadix
are lying dangerously ill.
Mr.. Jno. B. Shipper, while splitting
wood in the woods, accidentally cut his
foot. His son, Bethuel, is just recov-
ing from a dislocated shoulder, sus-
tanned by falling out of a tree.
Mr.. Charles Kitchen, son of j. g..
Kitchen. while on his way to your
city, caught his hand in the wagon
and had a couple of fingers badly torn.
Mr.. Gilbert Kitchen, while tying
load of fodder on last Friday, the
pole brake, striking him in the mouth,
knocking several teeth loose and bad
ly bruising his mouth.
Mr.. ID. n. KEGS is erecting a house
on his farm, which will be occupied
by Geo. Homer, of Falling Waters.
The Good Templars' hall is finished,
and have held meeting in it.
Rev. Horn is holding series of
meetings here. There have been
about twelve conversions so far.
Mr.. S. S. Felker is canvassing for
fruit trees, flowers and roses for spring
delivery, and will also take subscrip-
tons for THE HERALD.
Nov. 9th. JIMMY.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
| From the Morgan 60. Papers. !

Mr.. Peter e. Holiday informs US
that he had four sheep killed and
three injured by dogs at his home
Morton Grove in Timber Ridge .
short time since.
Mr.. Gray Peudleton was out gun
ming on Thursday on Cacapon noun
tain and brought down three fine wild
turkeys.
We learn that Mr.. John II. Shac-
kleford killed l64 wild ducks and a
loon on Friday last.
\ son of Tice Gray accidentally
shot himself in the foot whilst out
cunning on Saturday last. 1t was
thought he would lose some ofhis toes.
Clerk Dawson was over at the river
cunning last Saturday and killed a
swan and a pair Of wild ducks. The
swan measured Z feet from tip to tip
of wings and was quite curiosity.
1t is said that over 800 ducks were
killed at the "big pool " last Friday,
but then it was good day for ducks.
We learn that j. II. Shackleford
and others succeeded in killing one
hundred and sixty-four wild ducks at
Sleepy Greek the latter part of last
week.
Last Tuesday, snow fell to the
depth if it had been on dry ground
of four inches. "Porte Crayon "(D.
A. Strother, the artist in Harpers, in
old times) in his book brings to mind
the fact that just "a years ago, to a
day, October 24th, 1858, twelve inches
of snow fell in this region. He was
caught in trying to get from White
Sulphur to the Warm Springs. Our
old citizens remember that the snow
was so deep here that the grand Jury
men could not get here to the county
court and there was no meeting of
that body. For the past seven days
the thermometer has been down as
low as from 400 to 460. Fifty-four
years ago, in 1888, we are informed,
there were also heavy SHOWS and
through very hard winter the earth
was seldom uncovered.-StdlntO
Yin.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
HEIGHB0RING NEWS.
/ From The 0.arlestolcn Papers. |


Mrs. Belinda f.. widow of the late
p. FL. Rouss, the venerable mother of
MIR. G. B. Rouss of New York, and
Messrs Milton aud VIM. RouSs, of
this county, died at her residence,
/" Shannon Hill,n near Kabletown,
last Friday, aged about " years, sur
viving her aged partner but a few
months. Her remains were inferred
by the side of those of her husband,
in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winches-
ter, on Sunday afternoon, in presence
of large concourse of friends and
citizens Of Winchester and vicinity.
The stable, granary and another
out-huilding belonging to Mrs. Han
nah Heidwohl, of this place, were
burned about noon last Friday. Fire
was first discovered issuing from the
front of the large stable, adjacent to
the Main street bridge, and in a very
short space of time the three build
ing named were enveloped in flames
so quickly, indeed, that horse and
two hogs, belonging to Mr.. Randolph
Morgan, could not be taken out by
those who got there almost instantly,
but persisted in the fire.-The origin
of the fire is unknown, but supposed
to have been accidental. The losses
fall heavily upon both Mrs. Heidwohl
and Mr.. Morgan, neither of whom
had their property insured.
A representative Of the Baltimore
Sun called on the Hon. f. Boyd
Faulkner last Wednesday, and in
CURED if there was any truth in the
rumors published in New York pa
per that he would be appointed
First Assistant Secretary of State.
Mr.. Faulkner replied that he had not
had the slightest intimation of such
an appointment, and did not place
any credence in the rumor. 1t is true
he had a conversation recently with
Secretary of State Bayard. butt had
no reference to any appointment to
any position. Mr.. Faulkner added !:
+" l am not an aspirant for any politi-
cal office. My legal business posses
SEES charms that an Office does not"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-11-12
In MEMORIAM.

At call meeting of Swan Pond
Grange No. %, P. of H., Nov. 5, 1887,
Berkeley County, w. Va, a commit
tee was appointed to draft resolutions
of respect and sympathy to the mem
DRY of our late Brother, George Folk,
who died Oct. 30th, 1887. The fol-
lowing were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Our heavenly Father,
who doeth all things we'll, has, in his
wisdom, seen fit to call our Brother,
George Folk, a charter member of our
Grange, from our midst; therefore,
be it
Resolred, That in this dispensation
of divine providence, the Grange has
lost a worthy and highly esteemed
member, and one of its most efficient
and faithful workers; the wife low
ing husband; the children a tender
parent; the community a worthy cit
izen, and the church an active and
Jealous supporter.
ResOLued, That the members of this
Grange extend their fraternal sympa-
thy to the bereaved family and friends
of the deceased.
ReSolued, That as testimony of our
respect and esteem, our charter be
draped in mourning for sixty days.
Resolred, That these resolutions be
entered on the minutes of the Grange,
that copy be sent to the bereaved
wife, and be forwarded for publication
to the Martinsburg HERALD and the
County papers.
JOHN T. MORRISON,
JOHN H. LAMoN, Com.
DANIEL STALEY,